iMessage MCP
Quality Score
87
/100
25 tools for searching, analyzing, and exploring your iMessage history on macOS.
§01 Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"imessage-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"imessage-mcp"
],
"env": {
"IMESSAGE_DB": "<imessage_db>"
}
}
}
}Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"imessage-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"imessage-mcp"
],
"env": {
"IMESSAGE_DB": "<imessage_db>"
}
}
}
}Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y imessage-mcp§02 Environment variables
IMESSAGE_DBPath to iMessage database (default: ~/Library/Messages/chat.db)
§03 MCP Quality Score · methodology
freshness
22
completeness
15
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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